Petersen Hastings Wealth Advisors Inc. Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF $BND

Petersen Hastings Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:BND) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 17,125 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,268,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of BND. Straight Path Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Straight Path Wealth Management now owns 29,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,208,000 after purchasing an additional 383 shares during the period. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 388,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,782,000 after purchasing an additional 8,312 shares during the period. SlateStone Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC now owns 220,336 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,320,000 after purchasing an additional 10,556 shares during the period. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 8.5% in the fourth quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 82,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,110,000 after purchasing an additional 6,461 shares during the period. Finally, Vise Technologies Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF by 431.4% in the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 182,117 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,489,000 after purchasing an additional 147,844 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.1%

NASDAQ BND opened at $73.16 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.98. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF has a twelve month low of $72.19 and a twelve month high of $75.23.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.2473 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF Profile

The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a broad, market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated, investment-grade, taxable, fixed-income securities with maturities of at least one year. BND was launched on Apr 3, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.